First it was lox, now it’s … cigarettes? Tobacco sticks are the latest unassuming product to face kashrut questions, after a Dutch study found that pig hemoglobin was being used in some cigarette filters. The issue hasn’t captured the attention of the rabbinic authorities just yet, and it might not now that actor and rabbi-in-disguise…
Allison Silverman, the sharply funny Jewish woman behind comically Catholic blowhard Stephen Colbert, is stepping down after a long run with the show as co-head writer and, later, as executive producer. She’s been there from the show’s conception, through numerous awards and accolades to its continuing status as must-see TV at the intersection of humor…
דער ייִדישער מוזיקער אָלעס וואַלינטשיק וויל ווײַזן דער וועלט די טיפֿע צונויפֿפֿלעכטונג פֿון דער ייִדישער און אוקראַיִישער קולטור.
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